The Letter of Marque
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: July 10, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780006499275
First sentence: Ever since Jack Aubrey had been dismissed from the service, ever since his name, with its now meaningless seniority, had been struck off the list of post-captains, it had seemed to him that he was living in a radically different world; everything was perfectly familiar, from the smell of seawater and tarred rigging to the gentle heave of the deck under his feet, but the essence was gone and he was a stranger.